Hemp Oatmeal Cookies (with coconut oil)

By Eliot, on March 4th, 2015

I was making some bread this past weekend that called for a variety of seeds. As I was cleaning out the freezer to see what seeds I had on hand, I found a package of hulled hemp seeds. I made the bread with all the seeds I had on hand and then I flipped over the bag of hemp seeds and found an intriguing recipe. I modified the recipe a bit by using coconut oil and adding some dried fruit.

How would I describe these cookies? The dough is a bit crumbly so I think using a cookie scoop is important. Since there is no brown sugar, the taste resembles a traditional sugar cookie. The hemp and oatmeal obviously give the cookie some texture and I don’t think I would have liked them as much without the dried cranberries. Definitely need a dried fruit of some sort here.

I know my grandmother didn’t even know what hemp was, but these taste remarkably like a cookie she made for us. This tray is one of my prized possesions from her.

I love that tray. She used to always have it on top of her “hutch.” It has some water damage. I remember carefully carrying it out with iced tea or parfaits on it when we were feeling especially fancy.

Hi Debra,
Interesting recipes. I just haven’t been able to warm up to hmep seeds for some reason. As a matter of fact, I think I may have some in the freezer. I was thinking of feeding them to the birds, lol…Perhaps I need to try again with some sort of dried fruit. I proably won’t though:) Thanks for sharing, Debra…

P.S. Let’s see, an old family recipe for grape pudding that calls for a bottle of vintage grape juice? I’m guessing you’re wondering just how much a bottle equals? I just checked the Magic in Jelly book to see if there was a recipe for grape pudding and there wasn’t. I have however, seen recipes for grape pudding before. It may take me a while but I may just be able to come up with one and an amount!

After my first bite, I was taken back to my grandmother’s kitchen and she definitely never even heard of hemp seeds (or hemp anything for that matter). The best I can describe them is a sturdier sugar cookie. The original recipe didn’t call for cranberries, but these really do need some sort of chewy fruit.